Combined cigar case and extinguisher



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J. SMITH; COMBINED CIGAR CASE AND BXTINGUISHER. No. 420,704. PatentedFeb. 4, 1890.

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JOHN SMITH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

COMBINED CIGAR CASE AND EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,704, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed July 30, 1889. Serial No. 319,204. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SMITH, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Cigar Caseand Extinguisher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined cigar case andextinguisher, and has for its object to provide a case in which alighted cigar may be placed, extinguished, and carried in the pocket andthe partiallyburned cigar be preserved for further use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a case with an attachedmatch-box and to so construct the case that when a cigar is placedtherein and extinguished any odor will be effectually prevented fromescaping.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and figures of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 00 0c of Fig. 2, andFig. 4 is a similar section on line y y of Fig. 2.

The case A ispreferably made conical, as illustrated, and constructed intwo sections 10 and 11, the section 10 being preferably shorter than thesection 11. The two sections may be united by sliding one in the other,the section 10 being ordinarily slid in the section 11, or thecontacting ends of the two sections may be threaded, so as to unite themby a screw-joint. The outer end of each section 10 and 11 is' closed, asshown at 12 and 13 in Fig. 2, and at the open end of the section 10 aring 14 is introduced and secured, from one edge of which a series ofcurved spring-fingers 15 is projected in the direction of the. largeinclosed outer end of the said section 10. The said fingers are socurved that their inner central faces are convexed, as is also bestshown in Fig. 2.

Upon one side of the section 11 of the case a box 16 is longitudinallysecured, which may extend, if desired, from end to end of this section,the said box being provided at one end with a cover 17, the purpose ofthe box being to contain matches.

In operation the lighted end of the cigar is inserted in the open end ofthe section 10, whereupon it is clamped by the spring-fingers 15. Beforeintroducing the cigar into the section 10 it is best to remove the ashesand blow through the cigar in the direction of the lighted end to removethe smoke. After the lighted end of the cigar has been placed in thesection 10 the said section and the cigar are introduced into thesection 11. The joint between the two sections, by reason of the conicalshape of the case, is very tight and permits no odor to escape. As aircannot enter the case, the lighted cigar is soon extinguished. The casecools so completely in a minute that it may be readily carried in thehand or placed in the pocket without discomfort. In fact, the case neverbecomes so hot but that it may be placed in the pocket immediately afterthe cigar has been placed therein. The fact that the partially-smokedcigar is held thus in an air-tight compartment tends more or less to addto its flavor, and the remnant when relighted has a taste as fine, ifnot finer, than when the cigar was first lighted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, a cigar caseand extinguisher comprising a conical body constructed in two sections,one section being provided with an exterior pocket and the other sectionwith attached interior spring-fingers, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

JOHN SMITH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. FITZGIBBON, WILLIAM L. BEYER.

